The rumor about Henry Marsh leaving the Senate early? It’s true:
State Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, D-Richmond, will announce his retirement from the Virginia Senate this week.
Sources said the noted civil rights lawyer, who has served in the Virginia Senate since 1992, is expected to be named by Gov. Terry McAuliffe to a full-time, six-figure salaried post as a commissioner on the board of the Department Alcoholic Beverage Control.
The GOP has no chance of taking this seat, so all the election fun will be on the Democratic side:
Del. Delores L. McQuinn, D-Richmond, Del. Rosalyn R. Dance, D-Petersburg and Marsh’s daughter, attorney Nadine Marsh-Carter, president of the Children’s Home Society of Virginia, are among those being considered as possible Democratic successors to fill the remainder of Marsh’s term in a special election.
McQuinn may believe she is the logical candidate to step into the seat, but Marsh’s daughter, if she runs, throws a spanner into those plans. And as for Del. Dance…recall that she was the object of a primary challenge orchestrated by that other guy in the news and missing from the list of potential candidates: Joe Morrissey.
And to those who believe Marsh may have timed his announcement to coincide with Joe’s latest troubles…you wouldn’t be entirely wrong.
